Donald Mackenzie was born 22 June 1818, the only son of Margaret Robina Jamieson, daughter of the Rev. John Jamieson, DD, author of the Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, and Capt. Donald Mackenzie, of the 21st Fusiliers.[1] In early life the family lived at 39 George Square in south Edinburgh.[2]
Mackenzie died at Maulside, Dulwich Wood Park, Norwood, outside London, England, on 19 May 1875.[1][8] Due to ill health he had taken a leave of absence from his duties at the College of Justice a short time before his death.[1] He is buried in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, Scotland. The grave lies on the western wall in the section known as "Lord's Row".
On 6 September 1843, Mackenzie married Janet Alice Mitchell (1821-1914), the daughter of Andrew Mitchell, Esq. of Maulside, Ayrshire.[9] The couple had 12 children.
Farquhar John Conrad Mackenzie (1861-1916), Farmer in USA[10]
The Right Reverend Dr. Kenneth Mackenzie (1863-1945), Bishop of Argyll and The Isles[10]
Mary Oswald Mackenzie (1866-1954), married Charles Frewen Jenkin, an engineer and later professor of sngineering science at the University of Oxford[13]
^Barclay, Hugh, and Laidlaw, I. S. H. (1875). The Journal of Jurisprudence. T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, Scotland. p. 316. Retrieved 7 February 2014. Vol. 19((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)